The service team at a North East car dealer has beaten local and national competition to become the only one in the region to win a prestigious award.

Staff at the Jennings Ford branch in Hylton Road, Sunderland, have consistently delivered the highest level of customer satisfaction.

Now the dealership has been placed at the top of Ford's national customer satisfaction league and won the chairman's award. It is the 11th time in the past 13 years that Jennings has been the recipient of the award. Operations director Nicky Dalkin said: "Winning the Car Premium Repairers Chairman's Award is a marvellous achievement for our staff who consistently strive to provide the best possible service to our customers."